It seems that there might be some unlife in the virtual pet craze yet. Fed up of cute kittens and baby dragons that cost you gold coins rather than earn them? Why not consider your very own cute pet zombe that you can pet, train, feed and call George? Well. Actually, I’m not sure about […]
Apple versus Nintendo – what about the WiiPad?
This isn’t a WiiPad. Yup; there’s an iPad. Yup; there’s a WiiMote. It’s actually a jailbroken iPad being used to run SNES games. In this case the iPad is playing Super Mario World. Straight away, I think, this video illustrates what a threat Apple is to the causal gaming hopes of Nintendo and Sony. All […]
The iBookend – Use your iPad as a bookend
This week I got my first email which had “Sent from my iPad” in the signature. It came from a colleague in London. I teased him. He pointed out the worse thing about having an iPad already and being based in the UK is that the App Store isn’t yet open over here. He can’t […]
The iPad becomes the Star Trek PADD
The folks at Gizmodo sum this up with a “Someone Had to Do It” title – and they’re probably right. It’s also their scoop as the designer contacted them. Yup. An iPad/iPhone application designer has created a clever skin for a bunch of social networks that looks like a Star Trek PADD. It screams Trek […]
iPad prices for the UK leaked? £389, £439 and £489
The folks over at Geeky Gadgets reckon they’ve got accurate UK prices for Apple’s iPad. The site’s tip-off claims that the base 16GB WiFi iPad will be available for £389, the 32GB WiFi model will be available for £439 and the 64GB WiFi model will be available for £489. As expected that would make the […]